When President Trump froze hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine in July, Oleksandr Markiv was in a trench defending his country’s eastern front line against Russia-backed separatist militias.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Los Angeles Times: As Ukraine waits for US aid, death toll on eastern front line grows
Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a firing post near the town of Novoluhanske overnight into June 15, 2019.